U.S. official in Russia probe suggested taping Trump - media reports

[rooster59]

U.S. official in Russia probe suggested taping Trump - media reports

 

FILE PHOTO - U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein sits in the front row at the start of Supreme Court nominee judge Brett Kavanaugh's Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 4, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. official who oversees the federal investigation into Russia's role in the 2016 U.S. election suggested last year secretly recording President Donald Trump and recruiting Cabinet members to invoke a constitutional amendment to remove him from the White House, the New York Times reported on Friday.

 

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein made the suggestions in the spring of 2017 after Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, the newspaper said, citing its sources as people who were briefed on the events themselves or on memos written by FBI officials including Andrew McCabe, who became acting director when Comey was dismissed.

 

The proposals did not come to fruition, the Times said. The Washington Post also reported the discussions, citing memos written by McCabe.

 

McCabe has no knowledge of how the memos were made available, said his lawyer Michael Bromwich.

 

Rosenstein denied the Times story as "inaccurate and factually incorrect" in a statement that also blamed anonymous sources promoting personal agendas.

 

There was no immediate reaction to the reports from the White House and Trump did not respond to shouted questions from reporters about whether he would fire Rosenstein as he arrived in Springfield, Missouri, for a rally.

 

A Justice Department spokeswoman also provided a statement from a person who would not be identified and was present when Rosenstein proposed wearing a wire to record Trump, the Times said. The person said Rosenstein made the remark sarcastically.

 

Rosenstein initiated discussions about the U.S. Constitution's 25th Amendment, the Times and Post reported. The amendment deals with presidential succession and disability and outlines how the Cabinet can decide whether a president can no longer do his job.

The Times said Rosenstein told Justice Department and FBI officials the secret recordings could be used to expose the chaos of the administration after revelations that Trump asked Comey to pledge loyalty to him and also divulged classified information to Russians in the Oval Office.

 

Rosenstein has been a frequent punching bag for Trump supporters for appointing Special Counsel Robert Mueller in May 2017 to take over a federal probe of suspected Russian meddling in the U.S. election and potential coordination between Moscow and the Trump campaign.

 

The FBI's Comey led the investigation until he was dismissed.

 

The president, who regularly characterizes the probe as a "witch hunt," has denied any collusion with Moscow, while Russia has denied interfering in the election.

 

Chuck Schumer, the top Democrat in the U.S. Senate, said in a statement the newspaper report should not be used as a pretext to fire Rosenstein to install "an official who will allow the president to interfere with the special counsel's investigation."

 

After Rosenstein wrote a memo critical of Comey's handling of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's email investigation, Trump used it as a basis for firing Comey. Rosenstein had told people he was caught off guard and felt he had been used, according to the Times.

 

Rosenstein told McCabe, who was also later fired by Trump, that he might be able to persuade Attorney General Jeff Sessions and John Kelly, the former homeland security secretary and current White House chief of staff, to invoke the 25th Amendment, the Times said. Sessions in March 2017 recused himself from the Russia matter, citing his service on the Trump campaign.

 

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-09-22

[flyingtlger]

The sooner they get that psycho out of office, THE BETTER!

[Nyezhov]

4 minutes ago, flyingtlger said:

The sooner they get that psycho out of office, THE BETTER!

Well its not going to happen, so rant and rave on the internet all you want.

 

And btw, to all the folks who call him psycho or moron or whatever...any of you ever convinced 60 plus million folks that you should be President? No? I thought that was the case.

 

Thats like fat old lazy me calling Tom Brady a lousy quarterback. Hes got the Superbowl rings and Im price checking adult diapers.

 

Now back to your regularly scheduled rant fest. Carry on.

[bristolboy]

6 minutes ago, Nyezhov said:

Well its not going to happen, so rant and rave on the internet all you want.

 

And btw, to all the folks who call him psycho or moron or whatever...any of you ever convinced 60 plus million folks that you should be President? No? I thought that was the case.

 

Thats like fat old lazy me calling Tom Brady a lousy quarterback. Hes got the Superbowl rings and Im price checking adult diapers.

 

Now back to your regularly scheduled rant fest. Carry on.

So yours was an impromptu rant?

[Nyezhov]

7 minutes ago, bristolboy said:

So yours was an impromptu rant?

No, I try to rant at 06:30 ish  BKK time on Monday, Wednesdays and Saturdays in between the sticky rice course and my third cup of coffee.

 

Raves are impromptu. Whinging is every hour on the half hour until midnight, when it changes to bemused grumbling.

[Somtamnication]

Well, someone needs to tape him as most everything said so far is the old he said she said scenario.

[zaphod reborn]

This is all based on a leak by Giuliani of a memo wriiten by McCabe.  Yep, the guy fired by Trump for lying!

[Chomper Higgot]

2 hours ago, Nyezhov said:

Well its not going to happen, so rant and rave on the internet all you want.

 

And btw, to all the folks who call him psycho or moron or whatever...any of you ever convinced 60 plus million folks that you should be President? No? I thought that was the case.

 

Thats like fat old lazy me calling Tom Brady a lousy quarterback. Hes got the Superbowl rings and Im price checking adult diapers.

 

Now back to your regularly scheduled rant fest. Carry on.

I feel very much relieved by your catagorical statement that Trump will not be removed from office.

 

I have great faith that it is going to turnout like your catagorical statement that Manafort would not be convicted.

[Chomper Higgot]

The Washington Post has already exposed this whole story as a fabrication.

 

Meanwhile Manafort and Cohen are willing their guts!

[Boon Mee]

2 hours ago, flyingtlger said:

The sooner they get that psycho out of office, THE BETTER!

Agree. Rod Rosenstien needs to be fired forthwith! 

[sirineou]

It has being reported that according to a person that was at the meeting , where participants worried about Trump's behaviour ,discussed   the use of the 25th amendment to remove Trump from office , and when Rosenstein was pressed for more aggressive investigation of Trump sarcastically replied   "What do you want, you want me to wear a wire?". 

The takeaway from this story should not be the "wear a wire" comment but that principles close to the situation were concerned enough to consider the   25th amendment and that they believed that there was sufficient evidence to make usage of the 25th amendment an option. 

  This my friends is not like which sports team is better  or what car company makes better cars, where people take sides,as it seems to me people are treating this like,  this is serious business where the feature of the country and the world hangs on the balance.   

[Nyezhov]

36 minutes ago, sirineou said:

It has being reported that according to a person that was at the meeting , where participants worried about Trump's behaviour ,discussed   the use of the 25th amendment to remove Trump from office , and when Rosenstein was pressed for more aggressive investigation of Trump sarcastically replied   "What do you want, you want me to wear a wire?". 

The takeaway from this story should not be the "wear a wire" comment but that principles close to the situation were concerned enough to consider the   25th amendment and that they believed that there was sufficient evidence to make usage of the 25th amendment an option. 

  This my friends is not like which sports team is better  or what car company makes better cars, where people take sides,as it seems to me people are treating this like,  this is serious business where the feature of the country and the world hangs on the balance.   

Too bad the "serious" folks involved in the meeting were McCabe and Page....55555

[metisdead]

Some troll posts have been removed. 

[Chomper Higgot]

1 hour ago, Boon Mee said:

Agree. Rod Rosenstien needs to be fired forthwith! 

For doing his job.

[Tug]

Rosenstein is a well educated career dude he has his head on straight and is squared away a man of that intellect even thinking of doing something like that should give everyone serious thoughts thease guys aren’t fooling around they are deeply worried trump is deviding the nation the judicatory every institution we have do you really think he knows of something better?

[Srinivas]

1 hour ago, Tug said:

Rosenstein is a well educated career dude he has his head on straight and is squared away a man of that intellect even thinking of doing something like that should give everyone serious thoughts thease guys aren’t fooling around they are deeply worried trump is deviding the nation the judicatory every institution we have do you really think he knows of something better?

The one thing he does know now is that the music has stopped. The coup plot has failed.

I'm thinking others  around the fisa docs are making deals to stay out of jail.

[Srinivas]

2 hours ago, Boon Mee said:

Agree. Rod Rosenstien needs to be fired forthwith! 

hmm nah let him walk around the halls for a fews days while fisa docs get released.

 

[FritsSikkink]

6 hours ago, Nyezhov said:

Well its not going to happen, so rant and rave on the internet all you want.

 

And btw, to all the folks who call him psycho or moron or whatever...any of you ever convinced 60 plus million folks that you should be President? No? I thought that was the case.

 

Thats like fat old lazy me calling Tom Brady a lousy quarterback. Hes got the Superbowl rings and Im price checking adult diapers.

 

Now back to your regularly scheduled rant fest. Carry on.

Look who is talking, the guy who said Manafort would walk as he was innocent. 

[Redline]

7 hours ago, Nyezhov said:

Well its not going to happen, so rant and rave on the internet all you want.

 

And btw, to all the folks who call him psycho or moron or whatever...any of you ever convinced 60 plus million folks that you should be President? No? I thought that was the case.

 

Thats like fat old lazy me calling Tom Brady a lousy quarterback. Hes got the Superbowl rings and Im price checking adult diapers.

 

Now back to your regularly scheduled rant fest. Carry on.

Because he convinced anyone to vote for him doesn’t make him qualified to take the role, and it definitely says nothing about his character or integrity, of which he is void of.  The guy is truly an idiot, and only an idiot could not see it clearly ? suck it up, and watch his self destruction.  I got my popcorn, no worries 

[Nyezhov]

12 minutes ago, Redline said:

Because he convinced anyone to vote for him doesn’t make him qualified to take the role, and it definitely says nothing about his character or integrity, of which he is void of.  The guy is truly an idiot, and only an idiot could not see it clearly ? suck it up, and watch his self destruction.  I got my popcorn, no worries 

So basically you are calling me an idiot. Is that correct? And so many others, many of whom didnt have to be convinced.

[Nyezhov]

2 hours ago, FritsSikkink said:

Look who is talking, the guy who said Manafort would walk as he was innocent. 

Not what I said, but hey, if thats the best you got 55555555

[Redline]

3 minutes ago, Nyezhov said:

So basically you are calling me an idiot. Is that correct? And so many others, many of whom didnt have to be convinced.

It depends what your stance is today-call a spade a spade.  You’re boy would agree with me, as he promotes saying what he thinks.  My statement is based more on fact-it should be obvious to those that are not ignorant 

[Nyezhov]

9 minutes ago, Redline said:

It depends what your stance is today-call a spade a spade.  You’re boy would agree with me, as he promotes saying what he thinks.  My statement is based more on fact-it should be obvious to those that are not ignorant 

I think that Trump is doing an excellent job considering the crap being thrown at him. Many others do too. Are we all idiots? Got the courage to say that?

[FritsSikkink]

46 minutes ago, Nyezhov said:

Not what I said, but hey, if thats the best you got 55555555

Exactly what you said.

[Becker]

23 minutes ago, Nyezhov said:

I think that Trump is doing an excellent job considering the crap being thrown at him. Many others do too. Are we all idiots? Got the courage to say that?

I would gladly call you that and many other things as well but since it's against forum rules I won't since you certainly are not worth a posting suspension.

[Srinivas]

“The New York Times’s story is inaccurate and factually incorrect,” he said in a statement Friday. “I will not further comment on a story based on anonymous sources who are obviously biased against the department and are advancing their own personal agenda. But let me be clear about this: Based on my personal dealings with the president, there is no basis to invoke the 25th Amendment,” Rosenstein said

 

 

it just gets better and better. 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rod-rosenstein-denies-report-saying-he-discussed-invoking-25th-amendment-to-remove-trump/

[Nyezhov]

1 hour ago, Becker said:

I would gladly call you that and many other things as well but since it's against forum rules I won't since you certainly are not worth a posting suspension.

The courage of your convictions! 55555555555

[sirineou]

6 hours ago, Nyezhov said:

Too bad the "serious" folks involved in the meeting were McCabe and Page....55555

 whom are you quoting when you said "serious" ?  Please provide a link at your source indicated that the only principles involved in these converseation were McCabe and Page.

[Nyezhov]

10 minutes ago, sirineou said:

 whom are you quoting when you said "serious" ?  Please provide a link at your source indicated that the only principles involved in these converseation were McCabe and Page.

Oh I picked it up somewhere dude is it that important? You got Google dont ya? Putting all else aside, what do you think of the Andy, Lisa and Peter show? Engender confidence in .Gov does it?

[sirineou]

6 minutes ago, Nyezhov said:

Oh I picked it up somewhere dude

Oh,There is medication that would help you get rid of it. "Dude" Google it.

Edited September 22, 2018 by sirineou